#3 Strengthen the spine of the team
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While Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka were two signings to spruce up the backbone of the team, the state of affairs suggests there may be more work required. Lack of a quality cover at centre back for Koscielny was evident in the defeat at Munich. For most of the season, the central midfield has lacked the teeth going forward and steel going back with Cazorla’s absence and Coquelin’s sub-par performances.
This results in additional creative burden on the likes of Sanchez and Ozil to drop deeper to play their way out and conjure up opportunities. With Xhaka still adapting to the Premier League, the central midfield needs experience and proven reinforcements.
At the top of the pitch, there has been much debate on Arsenal’s best striking option which stems essentially from the dearth of a top quality striker. Giroud offers presence in the box at the cost of speed and guile, while Sanchez offers the opposite.
When the competition around them have at least one world-class striker in the form of Sergio Aguero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diego Costa and Harry Kane, a makeshift arrangement is not sustainable in the long run.
